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Old 10-22-2008, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by copeab
Like, oh, .45 ACP?

A .45 ACP with 230 grain would do nicely. And there is a more than one reason why the Silenced M3 Greasegun is in my Arctic Raiders game

As well as my mentioning the .380 or .32 calibers. Further a automatic would be it, the gap in a revolver would allow the gas and noise to escape easier.

Heavy projectiles going slow are always good!

An example,

The .38 S&W or the .38 Webley used into the 1940s. They were a good round but some idiot in ordinance changed things and made them junk.

Those calibers origianly had a heavy 200 grain projectile and they took men down. <these are not to be confused with the .38 Special round, their cases resembles the 9mm more than anything> Their velocity was on par with a .45, they went about 600 feet per second, but they pushed a 200 grain bullet, so large wad of lead at a more or less slow velocity took folks down, it wasn't until the lead was damn near cut in hald to get higher velocities but then they lost the stopping power.

Oh how cool would it be to have a Silenced .45 Greasegun!
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